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Dragon Rider boots
Signature drop: Dragon Rider boots

King Black Dragon

King Black Dragon is a level 276 free-to-play boss found in Asgarnia and the Wilderness, with 45,000 life points. It is the top source of King black dragon head, Last riders and Dragon kite ornament kit (or).

“Was the biggest, meanest dragon around.”

Level 276Free-to-playAggressivePoisonousAttacks with melee

Updated . Stats and drops from the RuneScape Wiki's monster and drop data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Wiki page. Item sprites © Jagex.

King Black Dragon is boss #2 (early tier) in our RS3 Ironman boss order, with the stat and quest gates to meet first and the drops worth chasing.

Combat stats

Combat level
276
Life points
45,000
Combat XP per kill
2,250
Max hit
864
Armour
1,132
Attack style
Melee
Weakness
None
Immune to
Stuns
Aggressive
Yes
Poisonous
Yes

Slayer

Slayer level
None needed
Slayer XP per kill
1,050.6
Task
Black dragons, Dragons
Assigned by
Raptor, Duradel, Kuradal, Morvran, Laniakea

Where

Asgarnia, Wilderness

Ironman notes

  • Counts as a Slayer task from Raptor, Duradel, Kuradal, Morvran and Laniakea (task: black dragons and dragons). Killing it on task earns Slayer XP and points.
  • Immune to stuns.
  • Its attacks can poison you: carry antipoison or wear something that blocks poison.
  • Aggressive: it attacks on sight, which is handy for AFK kills once your gear outclasses it.
  • Drops crimson charm, gold charm, green charm and blue charms for Summoning pouches.
  • Always drops Dragon bones: Prayer XP as you go.
  • 7 of its drops come noted, so they don't fill your inventory.
  • It can also roll the shared rare drop table (gems, key halves and bulk supplies); luck items improve those odds.

Best for

Best drop rate anywhere

Of every monster that drops these, this one gives the most per kill.

Drops (46)

ItemQuantityRarity
Coins10000–140007/100
Headless shaftBest rate3007/100
Mithril arrowBest rate2507/100
Rune arrow1007/100
Silver stone spiritBest rate1007/100
Death rune#3 rate50–1007/100
Law rune#3 rate50–1007/100
Yew logs#3 rate70 (noted)7/100
Gold stone spirit50–1005/100
Crimson charm4632/1,000
Blood rune30–407/100
Raw swordfish#2 rate20 (noted)7/100
Black dragonhide1Always
Dragon bones#2 rate1Always
Magic logs10 (noted)7/100
Adamantite stone spirit87/100
Uncut ruby6 (noted)6/100
Gold charm479/1,000
Black dragon tail-boneBest rate11/4
Wine of Zamorak6 (noted)4/100
Runite stone spirit37/100
Water talisman4 (noted)5/100
Green charm439.5/1,000
Blue charm415.8/1,000
Huge plated rune salvage15/100
Medium plated rune salvage15/100
Large bladed rune salvage14/100
Mystic cloth1–3 (noted)2/100
Medium bladed rune salvage13/100
Dragon helm#3 rate11/100
Sealed clue scroll (hard)110/1,280
Bone fragments11/150
Court summonsBest rate11/200
Sealed clue scroll (elite)1396/128,000
King black dragon headOnly source11/500
Last ridersOnly source11/1,000
Black dragon egg (unchecked)#2 rate11/2,000
Dragon kite ornament kit (or)Only source11/2,000
Dragon kite ornament kit (sp)Only source11/2,000
Dragon Rider bootsOnly source11/2,000
Dragon Rider glovesOnly source11/2,000
Starved ancient effigy11/2,362
King black dragon scaleOnly source11/2,500
Draconic visage11/5,000
Mimic kill token11/9,724
Sealed clue scroll (master)14/128,000

Most common first. “Best rate” and “#2/#3 rate” compare expected drops per kill with every other monster that drops the item. Rare drop table items are not repeated here.

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